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PABLO, MONTANA 59855 ISSN: 0528-8592
NEWSPAPER OF THE SAUSH, PEND cTOREILLE AND KOOTENAI TRIBES OF THE FLATHEAD INDIAN RESERVATION, WESTERN MONTANA
VOLUME 11 NUMBER 21
THE MONTH OF THE GEESE
MARCH 15, 1983
Local Indian education programs threatened by D.C. budget cuts
The proposed elimination of certain federal Indian education money threatens many of the Reservation's schools.
Joe McDonald learned last week that President Reagan proposes to cut Title 4 funding from $67 million to$l million, the latter amount to be used to phase out the program.
Title 4 money comes from the Indian Education Act of 1973. It's been used over the last decade for adult high school equivalency classes (G.E.D.), training Indian teachers, and paying tutors, counselors, and teachers' aides to work especially with students of Indian descent.
Seismic activity on the lake subject of meeting Thursday
The Tribes, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the Montana Department of State Lands, have announced that they intend to gather information necessary for a joint environmental review of a proposal by Energy Analysts Inc., a Texas exploration firm, to conduct seismic exploration activities on Flathead Lake.
A public meeting regarding this proposal and preparation of the environmental document resulting from the review will be held Thursday, March 17, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Flathead Lake Senior Citizens Center in Poison, located on the corner of 7th Avenue and 1st Street East This meeting is being held to obtain suggestions and information on the scope of the issues to be addressed. Comments and participation in this scoping process are invited.
Two Eagle River School in Dixon is of particular concern because about half its annual budget comes from Title 4. The school serves between 60 and 70 students, most of them Indian, and was looking forward to expanding, perhaps some day soon to include K-8 classes, according to principal Clarice Beaumont at a recent Tribal Council meeting.
"We've made more progress in the last ten years [since Nixon signed the Indian Education Act] than in the previous 100 years under treaty," McDonald claims.
Tribal education committees across Montana are said to be hard at work lobbying for congressional support for the act's continued funding. Montana's share of Title 4 money is estimated to be between one and two million dollars.
April quarterly
The year's second quarterly council meeting will be on Friday, April 1. it will begin at 9 a.m. in the Council chambers in the Tribal annex at Pablo.
Inside:
ihs pharmacy changes.....................Page 3
SKC Spring Quarter schedule.........Pages 12-16
council Minutes.....................Pages 20-26